英语翻译
EachIndiantribehadadifferentlanguage.ManyIndiansneverlearnedanylanguageexcepttheirown.DoyouknowhowIndiansfromdifferenttribestaldedtoeachother?Theyhadtwowaystotalkwithoutsound.Onewaywasbysignlanguage;anotherwasbysignals.
Signlanguageisawayoftalkingbuusingsign.Indiansusedsignlanguagewhentheymetstrangers.Inthisway,theycouldfindoutwhetherthestrangerwasafriendoranenemy.InIndiansignlanguage,signsweremadewiththehand.Onesignmeant"man".Anothermeant"horse".Totellthetimeofdaywhensomethinghappened,anIndianpointedtothesky.Heshowedwherethesunhadbeenatthetime.
Indiansusuallyusedsignalswhentheywantedtosendmessagestosomeonefaraway.Tomakesignals,anIndianmightuseahorse,Hemightuseablanket.Orhemightusesmoke,amirrororfivearrows.
Tosignalthathehadseenmanyanimals,anIndianrodehishorseinalargecircle.SometimetheIndiansgaveasignallikethisandthenwentawaytohide.Thismeantthattherewasdanger.
Theblanketsignalwasvisiblefromfaraway.AnIndianheldthecornerofablanketinhishand.Thenhebegantowavetheblanketfromsidetosideinfrontofhom.AnIndiancouldsendmanydifferentsignalswithhisblanket.
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